The Technical Assistance Team (TAT) will be composed of 3 key experts. All key experts will work during the entire lifespan of the project (2 years) on a full time basis.

The required key experts’ profiles are as follow :

Key expert 1: Team Leader

The Team Leader (TL) will primarily be responsible for over all management of the project. S/he will work full time for the project.

Job Description: The TL will be responsible for the coordination and management of the technical assistance and inputs provided by the TAT (including the non key experts). In his/her capacity as the leader of the TAT, s/he will;

· Maintain fulltime presence in Turkey, at the duty station , during the lifespan of the project,

· Produce the technical parts of the contractual reports, such as the inception report, progress reports, and final report, by obtaining inputs from key and non key experts,

· Produce, in cooperation with the other members of the technical assistance team, the work plans and resource schedules, and identify the profiles of the non key experts to be mobilised by the Contractor,

· Review the technical reports and proposals to be produced by the key and non key experts and assure quality and coherence of reports,

· Represent the project at key project-relevant events and meetings,

· Monitor on a daily basis the progress of the project against the pre-determined and agreed upon time plans, and report possible deviations from the predetermined and agreed upon time plans and resource schedules to the beneficiary,

· Lead the clustering and networking activities of the Project

· Report to the Senior Representative of End Recipient

Qualifications and skills

· Bachelor, Bachelors degree in Economics or Administrative Sciences or Engineering (i.e. Management Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Food Engineering). In absence of mentioned degree, bachelors degree in any other field together with 10 years of relevant professional experience will be accepted.

· Excellent command of English (speaking, reading and writing),

· Full computer literacy, General professional experience

· Minimum of 10 years of professional experience and more will be considered as asset up to 20 years of professional experienceSpecific professional experience

· Minimum 1 year of experience in the field of business development as a team leader / project manager under projects/programmes/organizations/institutions. (References including 1 year or more experience under only one project/programme/institution will be considered acceptable under this requirement.)

· Preferably 7 years but a minimum of 5 years of experience in provision of services on regional-local development in the projects/programmes/organizations/institutions.

· Preferably more than 3 years, but a minimum of 2 years of experience in provision of services on cluster development in the projects/programmes/organizations/institutions preferably in the food industry.

Key expert 2: Speciality Foods Expert

Job Description: Specialty Foods Expert will be in charge of first and second activities under the Component A (Development of a portfolio of specialty food products) of the Project and the second activity under the Component C (sustainability of the cluster initiative) of the Project. S/he will also provide substantive inputs in networking activities, defined in B.4 (Networking) and branding and promotion activities, defined in B.3 (cluster Marketing and Branding). Key Expert 2 is expected to work full-time during the entire life-span of the Project. S/he will perform his duties in full coordination with the Team Leader.

Qualifications and skills

· Bachelor, Bachelor’s degree in Economics or Administrative Sciences or Engineering (i.e. Management Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Food Engineering). In absence of mentioned degree, bachelor’s degree in any other field together with 10 years of relevant professional experience will be accepted.

· Good command of English (speaking, reading and writing), Turkish will be an asset.

· Full computer literacy

· Turkish will be an asset

General professional experience

· Minimum of 10 years of professional experience and more will be considered as asset up to 15 years of professional experience

Specific professional experience

· Preferably 7 years, but a minimum of 5 years of experience in the projects/programmes/organizations/institutions in food industry,

· Preferably 5 years, but a minimum of 3 years of experience related to promotion/marketing and/or branding preferably in the food industry.

· At least 1 year of experience in branding of any food products (e.g. branding strategies; brand positioning; new brand development; creation of brand name and company logo; image campaign; brand advertising)

Key expert 3: Product Development Expert

Job Description: Product Development Expert will be in charge of the third activity under the Component A (production of samples and improvement of specialty products) of the Project as well as the first activity under the Component C (establishment of a Specialty Food Cluster Business Development Centre) of the Project. S/he will provide substantive inputs for competency assessment for cluster analysis and action plan (defined in B.1) and role models programme as business development services (defined in C.2). S/he will play an in strumental role in envisioning the transformation of “local tastes” to be identified during A.1(development of a long list of 20 specialty foods) into commercially marketable specialty food products. S/he will perform his duties in full coordination with the Team Leader.

Qualifications and skills

· Bachelor, Bachelor’ s degree in Economics or Administrative Sciences or Engineering (i.e. Management Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Food Engineering). In absence of mentioned degree, bachelor’s degree in any other field together with 10 years of relevant professional experience will be accepted.

· Good command of English (speaking, reading and writing), Turkish will be an asset.

· Full computer literacy General professional experience

· Minimum of 10 years of professional experience and more will be considered as asset up to 15 years of professional experience Specific professional experience

· Preferably 7 years but a minimum of 5 years of experience in product development

· Preferably 5 years, but a minimum of 2 years of product development experience in food industry in the projects/programmes/organizations/institutions

All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on.